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Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, prepared as a public-domain Orakel edition with 37 chapter-aware companion links.
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CHAPTER I.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER, THE ONE AS
CHAPTER I.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER, THE ONE AS from Around the World in Eighty Days. Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron—at least that his head was Byronic; but he
Open2CHAPTER II.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS CONVINCED THAT HE HAS AT LAST FOUND HIS IDEAL
CHAPTER II.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS CONVINCED THAT HE HAS AT LAST FOUND HIS IDEAL from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER II.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS CONVINCED THAT HE HAS AT LAST FOUND HIS
Open3CHAPTER III.: IN WHICH A CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE WHICH SEEMS LIKELY TO COST PHILEAS
CHAPTER III.: IN WHICH A CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE WHICH SEEMS LIKELY TO COST PHILEAS from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER III.: IN WHICH A CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE WHICH SEEMS LIKELY TO COST
Open4CHAPTER IV.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT
CHAPTER IV.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT from Around the World in Eighty Days. Having won twenty guineas at whist, and taken leave of his friends, Phileas Fogg, at twenty-five minutes past seven, left the Reform
Open5CHAPTER V.: IN WHICH A NEW SPECIES OF FUNDS, UNKNOWN TO THE MONEYED MEN, APPEARS ON
CHAPTER V.: IN WHICH A NEW SPECIES OF FUNDS, UNKNOWN TO THE MONEYED MEN, APPEARS ON from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER V.: IN WHICH A NEW SPECIES OF FUNDS, UNKNOWN TO THE MONEYED MEN, APPEARS
Open6CHAPTER VI.: IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, BETRAYS A VERY NATURAL IMPATIENCE
CHAPTER VI.: IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, BETRAYS A VERY NATURAL IMPATIENCE from Around the World in Eighty Days. The circumstances under which this telegraphic dispatch about Phileas Fogg was sent were as
Open7CHAPTER VII.: WHICH ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATES THE USELESSNESS OF PASSPORTS AS AIDS TO
CHAPTER VII.: WHICH ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATES THE USELESSNESS OF PASSPORTS AS AIDS TO from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER VII.: WHICH ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATES THE USELESSNESS OF PASSPORTS AS AIDS
Open8CHAPTER VIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TALKS RATHER MORE, PERHAPS, THAN IS PRUDENT
CHAPTER VIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TALKS RATHER MORE, PERHAPS, THAN IS PRUDENT from Around the World in Eighty Days. Fix soon rejoined Passepartout, who was lounging and looking about on the quay, as if he did not feel that he, at least, was obliged not to see
Open9CHAPTER IX.: IN WHICH THE RED SEA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN PROVE PROPITIOUS TO THE
CHAPTER IX.: IN WHICH THE RED SEA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN PROVE PROPITIOUS TO THE from Around the World in Eighty Days. The distance between Suez and Aden is precisely thirteen hundred and ten miles, and the regulations of the company allow the steamers one hundred and thirty-eight hours in which to traverse it. The “Mongolia,” thanks to the vigorous exertions of the engineer, seemed likely, so rapid was her speed, to reach her destination considerably within that time. The greater part of the passengers from Brindisi were bound for
Open10CHAPTER X.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS ONLY TOO GLAD TO GET OFF WITH THE LOSS OF HIS
CHAPTER X.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS ONLY TOO GLAD TO GET OFF WITH THE LOSS OF HIS from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER X.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS ONLY TOO GLAD TO GET OFF WITH THE LOSS OF
Open11CHAPTER XI.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SECURES A CURIOUS MEANS OF CONVEYANCE AT A
CHAPTER XI.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SECURES A CURIOUS MEANS OF CONVEYANCE AT A from Around the World in Eighty Days. The train had started punctually. Among the passengers were a number of officers, Government officials, and opium and indigo merchants, whose business called them to the eastern coast. Passepartout rode in the same carriage with his master, and a third passenger occupied a seat opposite to them. This was Sir Francis Cromarty, one of Mr. Fogg’s whist partners on the “Mongolia,” now on his way to join his corps at
Open12CHAPTER XII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND HIS COMPANIONS VENTURE ACROSS THE INDIAN
CHAPTER XII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND HIS COMPANIONS VENTURE ACROSS THE INDIAN from Around the World in Eighty Days. In order to shorten the journey, the guide passed to the left of the line where the railway was still in process of being built. This line, owing to the capricious turnings of the Vindhia Mountains, did not pursue a straight course. The Parsee, who was quite familiar with the roads and paths in the district, declared that they would gain twenty miles by striking directly through the
Open13CHAPTER XIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT RECEIVES A NEW PROOF THAT FORTUNE FAVORS THE
CHAPTER XIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT RECEIVES A NEW PROOF THAT FORTUNE FAVORS THE from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT RECEIVES A NEW PROOF THAT FORTUNE FAVORS
Open14CHAPTER XIV.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG DESCENDS THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY
CHAPTER XIV.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG DESCENDS THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XIV.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG DESCENDS THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE BEAUTIFUL
Open15CHAPTER XV.: IN WHICH THE BAG OF BANKNOTES DISGORGES SOME THOUSANDS OF POUNDS MORE
CHAPTER XV.: IN WHICH THE BAG OF BANKNOTES DISGORGES SOME THOUSANDS OF POUNDS MORE from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XV.: IN WHICH THE BAG OF BANKNOTES DISGORGES SOME THOUSANDS OF POUNDS
Open16CHAPTER XVI.: IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND IN THE LEAST WHAT IS SAID TO
CHAPTER XVI.: IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND IN THE LEAST WHAT IS SAID TO from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XVI.: IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND IN THE LEAST WHAT IS SAID
Open17CHAPTER XVII.: SHOWING WHAT HAPPENED ON THE VOYAGE FROM SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG
CHAPTER XVII.: SHOWING WHAT HAPPENED ON THE VOYAGE FROM SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG from Around the World in Eighty Days. The detective and Passepartout met often on deck after this interview, though Fix was reserved, and did not attempt to induce his companion to divulge any more facts concerning Mr. Fogg. He caught a glimpse of that mysterious gentleman once or twice; but Mr. Fogg usually confined himself to the cabin, where he kept Aouda company, or, according to his inveterate habit, took a hand at
Open18CHAPTER XVIII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG, PASSEPARTOUT, AND FIX GO EACH ABOUT HIS BUSINESS
CHAPTER XVIII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG, PASSEPARTOUT, AND FIX GO EACH ABOUT HIS BUSINESS from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XVIII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG, PASSEPARTOUT, AND FIX GO EACH ABOUT HIS
Open19CHAPTER XIX.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TAKES A TOO GREAT INTEREST IN HIS MASTER, AND
CHAPTER XIX.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TAKES A TOO GREAT INTEREST IN HIS MASTER, AND from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XIX.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TAKES A TOO GREAT INTEREST IN HIS MASTER,
Open20CHAPTER XX.: IN WHICH FIX COMES FACE TO FACE WITH PHILEAS FOGG
CHAPTER XX.: IN WHICH FIX COMES FACE TO FACE WITH PHILEAS FOGG from Around the World in Eighty Days. While these events were passing at the opium-house, Mr. Fogg, unconscious of the danger he was in of losing the steamer, was quietly escorting Aouda about the streets of the English quarter, making the necessary purchases for the long voyage before them. It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such
Open21CHAPTER XXI.: IN WHICH THE MASTER OF THE “TANKADERE” RUNS GREAT RISK OF LOSING A
CHAPTER XXI.: IN WHICH THE MASTER OF THE “TANKADERE” RUNS GREAT RISK OF LOSING A from Around the World in Eighty Days. This voyage of eight hundred miles was a perilous venture on a craft of twenty tons, and at that season of the year. The Chinese seas are usually boisterous, subject to terrible gales of wind, and especially during the equinoxes; and it was now early
Open22CHAPTER XXII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT FINDS OUT THAT, EVEN AT THE ANTIPODES, IT IS
CHAPTER XXII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT FINDS OUT THAT, EVEN AT THE ANTIPODES, IT IS from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XXII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT FINDS OUT THAT, EVEN AT THE ANTIPODES, IT
Open23CHAPTER XXIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT’S NOSE BECOMES OUTRAGEOUSLY LONG
CHAPTER XXIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT’S NOSE BECOMES OUTRAGEOUSLY LONG from Around the World in Eighty Days. The next morning poor, jaded, famished Passepartout said to himself that he must get something to eat at all hazards, and the sooner he did so the better. He might, indeed, sell his watch; but he would have starved first. Now or never he must use the strong, if not melodious voice which nature had bestowed upon him. He knew several French and English songs, and resolved to try them upon the Japanese, who must be
Open24CHAPTER XXIV.: DURING WHICH MR. FOGG AND PARTY CROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN
CHAPTER XXIV.: DURING WHICH MR. FOGG AND PARTY CROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN from Around the World in Eighty Days. What happened when the pilot-boat came in sight of Shanghai will be easily guessed. The signals made by the “Tankadere” had been seen by the captain of the Yokohama steamer, who, espying the flag at half-mast, had directed his course towards the little craft. Phileas Fogg, after paying the stipulated price of his passage to John Busby, and rewarding that worthy with the additional sum of five hundred and fifty
Open25CHAPTER XXV.: IN WHICH A SLIGHT GLIMPSE IS HAD OF SAN FRANCISCO
CHAPTER XXV.: IN WHICH A SLIGHT GLIMPSE IS HAD OF SAN FRANCISCO from Around the World in Eighty Days. It was seven in the morning when Mr. Fogg, Aouda, and Passepartout set foot upon the American continent, if this name can be given to the floating quay upon which they disembarked. These quays, rising and falling with the tide, thus facilitate the loading and unloading of vessels. Alongside them were clippers of all sizes, steamers of all nationalities, and the steamboats, with several decks rising one above the
Open26CHAPTER XXVI.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PARTY TRAVEL BY THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
CHAPTER XXVI.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PARTY TRAVEL BY THE PACIFIC RAILROAD from Around the World in Eighty Days. “From ocean to ocean”—so say the Americans; and these four words compose the general designation of the “great trunk line” which crosses the entire width of the United States. The Pacific Railroad is, however, really divided into two distinct lines: the Central Pacific, between San Francisco and Ogden, and the Union Pacific, between Ogden and Omaha. Five main lines connect Omaha with New
Open27CHAPTER XXVII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT UNDERGOES, AT A SPEED OF TWENTY MILES AN HOUR, A
CHAPTER XXVII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT UNDERGOES, AT A SPEED OF TWENTY MILES AN HOUR, A from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XXVII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT UNDERGOES, AT A SPEED OF TWENTY MILES AN HOUR,
Open28CHAPTER XXVIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY LISTEN TO
CHAPTER XXVIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY LISTEN TO from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XXVIII.: IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY LISTEN
Open29CHAPTER XXIX.: IN WHICH CERTAIN INCIDENTS ARE NARRATED WHICH ARE ONLY TO BE MET WITH
CHAPTER XXIX.: IN WHICH CERTAIN INCIDENTS ARE NARRATED WHICH ARE ONLY TO BE MET WITH from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XXIX.: IN WHICH CERTAIN INCIDENTS ARE NARRATED WHICH ARE ONLY TO BE MET
Open30CHAPTER XXX.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SIMPLY DOES HIS DUTY
CHAPTER XXX.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SIMPLY DOES HIS DUTY from Around the World in Eighty Days. Three passengers including Passepartout had disappeared. Had they been killed in the struggle? Were they taken prisoners by the Sioux? It was impossible to
Open31CHAPTER XXXI.: IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, CONSIDERABLY FURTHERS THE INTERESTS OF
CHAPTER XXXI.: IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, CONSIDERABLY FURTHERS THE INTERESTS OF from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XXXI.: IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, CONSIDERABLY FURTHERS THE INTERESTS
Open32CHAPTER XXXII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ENGAGES IN A DIRECT STRUGGLE WITH BAD FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXXII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ENGAGES IN A DIRECT STRUGGLE WITH BAD FORTUNE from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XXXII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ENGAGES IN A DIRECT STRUGGLE WITH BAD
Open33CHAPTER XXXIII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SHOWS HIMSELF EQUAL TO THE OCCASION
CHAPTER XXXIII.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SHOWS HIMSELF EQUAL TO THE OCCASION from Around the World in Eighty Days. An hour after, the “Henrietta” passed the lighthouse which marks the entrance of the Hudson, turned the point of Sandy Hook, and put to sea. During the day she skirted Long Island, passed Fire Island, and directed her course rapidly
Open34CHAPTER XXXIV.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AT LAST REACHES LONDON
CHAPTER XXXIV.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AT LAST REACHES LONDON from Around the World in Eighty Days. Phileas Fogg was in prison. He had been shut up in the Custom House, and he was to be transferred to London the next
Open35CHAPTER XXXV.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG DOES NOT HAVE TO REPEAT HIS ORDERS TO
CHAPTER XXXV.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG DOES NOT HAVE TO REPEAT HIS ORDERS TO from Around the World in Eighty Days. The dwellers in Saville Row would have been surprised the next day, if they had been told that Phileas Fogg had returned home. His doors and windows were still closed, no appearance of change was
Open36CHAPTER XXXVI.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG’S NAME IS ONCE MORE AT A PREMIUM ON ’CHANGE
CHAPTER XXXVI.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG’S NAME IS ONCE MORE AT A PREMIUM ON ’CHANGE from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XXXVI.: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG’S NAME IS ONCE MORE AT A PREMIUM ON
Open37CHAPTER XXXVII.: IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT PHILEAS FOGG GAINED NOTHING BY HIS TOUR
CHAPTER XXXVII.: IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT PHILEAS FOGG GAINED NOTHING BY HIS TOUR from Around the World in Eighty Days. CHAPTER XXXVII.: IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT PHILEAS FOGG GAINED NOTHING BY HIS
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